How to Use exacting in a Sentence

exacting

adjective
  • He has very exacting standards.
  • Khan said, could be deemed to meet the clause’s exacting standards.
    — Omar Waraich, The Atlantic, 28 July 2017
  • Dropcloths were scattered about, as if in the home of an exacting man with work to be done.
    — Jeffrey Fleishman, latimes.com, 6 July 2018
  • He was also known to be an exacting boss, even a violent one.
    — The Economist, 11 June 2020
  • Black singers are examined under a more exacting lens than white ones in the same role.
    — Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2019
  • But over the past decade or so, the processes have become much more exacting.
    — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 9 Apr. 2021
  • In some small way, exacting revenge on an in-city rival seemed to suggest that might be the case.
    — Andrew Turner, Daily Pilot, 3 Sep. 2019
  • That meant that creditors had to follow the more exacting claim process.
    — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • But their simplicity didn’t make them—or the artist’s process—any less exacting.
    — Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 26 May 2023
  • That creates more surface area to absorb those exacting blows.
    — Joel Sartore, National Geographic, 5 Nov. 2016
  • That Melania has very exacting taste in blouse necklines?
    — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
  • In the exacting world of train schedules, that’s a significant amount of time.
    — Martine Powers, Washington Post, 20 June 2017
  • Helbers’s clothes are an exacting and very special achievement.
    — Rachel Tashjian, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Such exacting controls are in place at every stage of production.
    — Bruce Falconer, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2018
  • Domino does not hold back when exacting revenge on her former lover (a harpoon gun is involved).
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 Dec. 2019
  • Some fans praised Colley in the wake of the error; others held him to a more exacting standard.
    — Joan Niesen, SI.com, 11 July 2018
  • Here, too, legislators must be far more exacting.
    — Kevin Frazier, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The older ones were also more literal and exacting about how closely the play followed the books.
    — New York Times, 24 May 2018
  • What can’t be overlooked is the exacting balance achieved in each combination.
    — Michael Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Oct. 2017
  • By his fourth season, the team had a losing record and players were complaining that Bradley was too exacting.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Each pair is made by hand in Switzerland to exacting standards—evident in the way the tiny tool offers a firm and sure grip.
    — Michael Hsu, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2017
  • With the press, Cuomo has a reputation for being both exacting and adept.
    — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2020
  • There is no better test of those skills than playoff basketball, and no more exacting proctor than the Warriors.
    — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 18 May 2018
  • And his exacting roasting system is a bar to beat, pushing both science and art in the name of an uncompromising cup.
    — Jeff Csatari, Popular Mechanics, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Stevens’ exacting standards have led to the Celtics leading the league in defensive rating for most of the season.
    — Dakota Crawford, Indianapolis Star, 2 Apr. 2018
  • The Masters Tournament is run by the club to exacting standards.
    — Gary D'amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2018
  • The concept is similar but more exacting when trying to bond a laser chip to a silicon-photonics chip.
    — Roel Baets, IEEE Spectrum, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Then there are those that cater to the crazily exacting needs of busy, busy, busy, cost-is-no-object Miranda Priestlys.
    — Carl Swanson, The Cut, 16 May 2018
  • Alex Ross dives into the œuvre of a thinker whose work was omnivorous, exacting, and hopeful.
    — Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
  • The notebook reinforces the image of Beckett as an exacting person for whom no detail is too small.
    — Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2020

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